Quote Originally Posted by Meneldil View Post
I think the point was to avoid using concepts such as fundamental rights and what not. Furthermore, you don't really give any reasoning as to why it would be a fundamental right, which is I think exactly what 187Beefyz asked for.

And according to you, entering into someone house is a valuable reason for the owner to kill you? What a rough country the US must be :-/
Our culture views Life, Liberty and Property as being fundamental for the individual. This draws, obviously, on the ideas Locke advances regarding these concepts.

If one views property as a fundamental right, than the defense of that right is a compelling interest on the part of the individual.

The person considering breaking and entering can protect their fundamental right to life quite readily by NOT infringing on the fundamental right of another.